On this #DamnItCarl podcastB.C. Dodge asks – would you cover for someone at work?

B.C. talks about a job that he applied for at Wal-Mart, and didn’t get, back in the late 1990s. The reason he didn’t get the job was because of the question of would you fire someone from work if your boss told you to or would you move them, so the boss couldn’t see them.

This always make B.C. think of a guy he worked with who had a drinking problem. Yes, he could have called the owner of the company to complain. But rather than do that, he had compassion on the man and tried to help him.

The truth is you never know what demons someone is facing. They could be smiling at you and laughing with you (not at you, because that would be rude). But they could go home at and cry themselves to sleep…you don’t know.

That is why it is better to show a little bit of compassion for our fellow man and try to help them through the rough times. Your friendship or encouragement could very much mean life or death to someone. We don’t say this to exaggerate, especially since the suicide rates are on the rise.

The words of encouragement that should come from this episode are simply that you should share a simple with everyone, it might brighten their day.

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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar – a 2017 Podcast Award nominated podcast – the Imam comes to us live from Toronto, Canada, from the Parliament of The World’s Religions.

There have been several meetings referred to as a Parliament of the World’s Religions, the first being the World’s Parliament of Religions of 1893, which was an attempt to create a global dialogue of faiths. The event was celebrated by another conference on its centenary in 1993. This led to a new series of conferences under the official title Parliament of the World’s Religions.

After finding a good Wi-Fi signal, Imam Azhar explains that there are religions from all over the world that have come together to talk about the struggles that they are facing, and what we can over come and accomplish if we come together.

He explains that there are many reason that people attend this parliament, but for Imam Azhar it is about trying to understand more about how we can come together and overcome the hatred and bigotry that we are seeing in the world today.

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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar – a 2017 Podcast Award nominated podcast – they address the value of loving your neighbor

In the week leading up to this episode there had been a shooting in Krogers, there had been pipe bombs mailed to people, and a shooting in Pittsburg. Which the Imam sums up nicely as…what the hell is wrong with us?

In the interest of working locally and working outward, as they often encourage on this show, Imam Azhar challenges the listeners and viewers with the simple question of “How many of you know your eight neighbors?”

That is to say the four on the right of you and the four to the left of you. B.C. says at best he knows two to the right and one to the left. Which, of course, isn’t close to eight.

The Imam goes on to say that it wasn’t until a hurricane hit his neighborhood when he was living in Florida that he got to know he neighbors, and at that point it was out of a necessity to survive.

He reminds us that it is our duty, not as Muslims or Christians or Jews or Atheists, but as humans to look out and care for those around us.

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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar – a 2017 Podcast Award nominated podcast – the age old question, that really shouldn’t be a question, is asked again…is voting halal? (Hint, yes it it)

The show opens with Imam Azhar and B.C. Dodgetalking about the difference between “Global Warming” and “Climate Change.” Can how we address an issue change how people view it?

B.C. believes that it does make a difference.

As an example of how climate change is a real thing, and is taking place around us, B.C. recounts stories of family members that live in southern Florida and what happened there in regard to the Red Tide this season.

Imam Azhar points out that we need to pay attention to Climate Change, because while the Earth is covered in water – a lot of it is salt water and is not useable. Water needs to be conserved.

As Imam Azhar moves on to the topic picked by our listeners on Twitter, he points out that he struggles to understand why there is so much confusion around this this topic. The struggle is not new, and it is very real.

He points out that there are many Imam’s that spend their energy preaching that Muslims shouldn’t vote, but isn’t this your country? Isn’t it your right?

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B.C.starts this episode talking about which is better pancakes or waffles, and while this might seem out of place…the poll that was run on Twitter for this episode actually had two winning topics Pancakes vs Waffles and the Rights of Women in Islam. B.C. is sad that the whole episode is not about pancakes and waffles; But Imam Azhar says there is a correlation between these two topics.

The Imam points out that in Islam, as well as Christianity and Judaism, women have rights and they are to be respected and treated as such. But it is with people injecting culture into religion that the teachings have been altered. The simple fact that in 2018 we have to have a conversation around #MeToo, speaks volumes about where we are as a society.

But doesn’t the Quran teach that it is okay to beat women and to oppress them?
The only way to find the answer Imam Azhar’s answer to that is to tune into this episode!

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Make sure to subscribe to this Venn Network production – Raw Islam with Imam Azhar Subedar. This is surely one of the best podcasts to subscribe to if you are looking for facts about Islam and if you want to know what Islam is all about. The Raw Islam Podcast delivers important information about Islam to you weekly, so make sure to subscribe to this Muslim Talk show that isn’t just for Muslims!

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On this episode of the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar – a 2017 Podcast Award nominated podcast – he asks if in Islam, is what we believe is the power we have; or is it the acts of service that we are called to do which makes us who we are?

With a late start to the show due to technical difficulties B.C. jumps right in with a question that came from a listener based on last weeks show. That question was about if God had given us science to help us understand the world around us better, can we rely on what we are learning through that science?

Imam Azhar examples that God has given us science to better understand this world we live in, and as an example he highlights the two bodies of water – one salt water, the other fresh – they touch but they never mix.

The Imam says that we should accept science, but at the same time we have to acknowledge that it was God that gave us this knowledge, and He has the final say in everything.

Then Imam Azhar asks B.C. as the head of Venn Network, does his position give him power or should he use his position to service others?

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